Hamilton City Council
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Learn about how to enrol and vote in the next election.
To vote in these elections, you must be enrolled. By law, you must enrol if you’re eligible, but enrolling so you can vote is a much better reason!
You can enrol to vote in the General Roll or the Maaori Roll if:
If you’re already enrolled, make sure your details are up to date – it’ll take two minutes.
It’s a postal vote, so you’ll receive your voting papers in the mail and you can post them back, or drop them off to a ballot box.
STV is our new voting system, and it really is as easy as 1,2,3. Instead of placing ticks on your voting paper, you will rank the candidates instead, with 1 being your most favourite.
A few things to remember:
You're eligible to enrol and vote if you're:
If you're not sure if you're enrolled yet no worries you can check and update your details online if need be
And if not, enrolling is a breeze, just grab your drivers licence, passport, or RealMe details and do it online.
If you forgot to enrol, or you’re going to be away from home during the voting period, you can ask for a special vote.
Special voting packs are available at the following locations:
Or contact us at elections@hcc.govt.nz and we’ll sort you out.
Hamilton City Council will hold a by-election in 2024 in the Hamilton East ward following the resignation of Councillor Ryan Hamilton.
The people we elect make decisions for our future.
Voting isn't open yet
Here's where you will be able to vote when voting opens 26 January 2024.
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Head to www.vote.nz to see if you are eligible. Then, you can either:
You can enrol, or check your enrolment anytime from now until 16 February 2024.
You cannot enrol on election day (17 February 2024).
Yes.
But you need to make sure you have enrolled which you can do provisionally from the age of 17 and it automatically changes when you turn 18.
You will also need to apply for a special vote.
Please contact us so can send you out a Ratepayer Enrolment form. This should be back in the hands of the Electoral Officer by 22 December 2023 and absolutely no later than 16 February 2024.
If it is easier you can head to one of our Special Vote venues and complete the ratepayer enrolment form and have your special vote at the same time. In no case does this allow you to have two votes at the election.
If you are the sole ratepayer for the property (i.e. the rate account is only in your name), then you can apply to be the Ratepayer Elector.
If you are a joint ratepayer (i.e. the rate account is in more than one name), or the rate account is in the name of a Trust or Company etc., you must appoint a nominee to vote on behalf of the joint ratepayers or entity. For the case of companies, corporations, trusts etc., the nominee should be a member or officer of the entity.
Yes, subject to being eligible to become enrolled as a ratepayer elector and becoming enrolled. Please contact us at elections@hcc.govt.nz.
You can view the electoral roll at:
Last updated 27 November 2023